Spice, bath salts sales in Gloucester net guilty pleas

The owners of a Gloucester shop and an employee have pleaded guilty to selling the synthetic drugs Spice and bath salts out of their store on Crab Thicket Road.

Daniel Carlton Bray and Rachel Ellon Webb-Harvey each pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count related to the sales of Spice and bath salts, according to U.S. District Court documents. Bray and Webb-Harvey were arrested in April along with a dozen other Gloucester residents following an undercover probe of synthetic drug sales in the county.

Bray and Webb-Harvey operated "A Lil of This N That" at the intersection of Crab Thicket Road and Route 14 beginning in February 2012, according to court records. In 2012, narcotics investigators noticed a large number of vehicles going in and out of the store and customers were carrying small bags of Spice and bath salts, according to court documents.

The synthetic drugs were later purchased from the store as part of the drug probe prior to the April 18 law enforcement raid, according to court documents.

Webb-Harvey is described as Bray's "significant other," according to court records.

Attempts to reach federal prosecutor by phone on Wednesday were unsuccessful.

Jeffrey Allen Fowlkes also entered a guilty plea earlier this month related to the sales of the synthetic drugs, according to court records. Fowlkes worked at A Lil of This N That between August 2012 and December 2012, according to court documents.

Two other defendants, Jeromy Lynn Hawk and Sandra Alice Webb, pleaded not guilty last week to multiple charges related to the sales and distribution of Spice and bath salts at A Lil of This N That, according to court records. Hawk and Webb, who is Webb-Harvey's mother, have trials set for December.

Two other defendants, Shawn Ronald Woodlen and Jose Nicholas Alvarado, have previously pleaded guilty to the sales and distribution of Spice and bath salts at A Lil of This N That and are awaiting sentencing.

Bray is in jail pending his sentencing on Dec. 19. Webb-Harvey remains free on bond pending her sentencing on Dec. 11.

Another seven Gloucester residents were indicted on charges that they sold Spice and bath salts from a store called "Hazy Dayz" on Route 17. Jessica Faye Rabineau, Ryan David Fernandes, Rodney Lee Beggs, Cameron Shawn Rabineau, Althea Nicole Hopkins and Stacie Jo Hopkins area all awaiting trial in January.

Justin Darrell Platt notified the court on Sept. 12 he intends to plead guilty, according to court records.